Andrew Simone

Andrew Simone

Andrew Alexander Simone (born May 12, 1938) is a Canadian physician, dermatologist and founder of "Canadian Food For Children", a charity which collects funds and food for starving children around the world.

Born and raised in Etobicoke, Ontario, he is the son of a Sicilian immigrant father and a French-Canadian mother. He graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1963 from Queen's University and became a dermatologist in 1968 after specializing at Harvard Medical School. He is married to Joan Simone née Hoare, an English-Canadian, and has thirteen children, one of whom is adopted. In 1985, after meeting Mother Teresa, he founded "Canadian Food For Children".

In 2000, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

External links

* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=5674 Andrew Simone's Order of Canada Citation]


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